YOUTH MARCH jobs Manchester sept 23 sept 26. us THE COUNTDOWN to the start of the North West youth march for 'Jobs not Bombs' has begun. It leaves Manchester on 23 September heading for the Labour Party concerence in Blackpool. It culminates at a mass Labour CND lobby of the conference on 26 Receptions are being planned in most places en route. There will be a gig every night for the marchers and local youth. Barbara Green has been in Manchester helping to organise.
THINGS HAVE really started moving this week Manchester. Over marchers have signed up in the last three days alone. A CND supporter nere nas given us a 3 ton van to use during the march; a local students union nas an office; loads of bands have offered to play September.
on the march for expenses only and even a number of Labour Party MPs have been pestering us for things they can do - none of them as yet have offerec to march with us!
We've been down local dole offices, leaflet-ting and going round the factories for support. At Gardners, a big engineering factory, the workers there who have been in and out of fights the jobs and are now faced again, were dead keen to support the march They money and are going to try and get a delegation onto our Sunday lobby of the Labour Party conference on September 26.
Chlorides in Salford are another factory problems their own.
i ney have had 1,000 recite ances the two years - and now the Wall NOTC They are going to fight and the first step is to support our march. They took collection sheets and leaflets and have promised to do all they can for the march.
The LPYS are doing a national mailing ot all their branches Sponsorship union branches is still coming in These now include Tne North West region of the transpor union Youth CND and LPYS branches up and down the country are out on the dole queues and in the factories leatletting and building support nor lie march.
The Salvador Solidarity agreed to send two mar chers. Other imperialist organisatons like the New Jewel youth the oraansano!
General Union of PalestiStudents have beer invited to bring along their banners and raise their demands and protests on the march.
want to come on the march, or to sponsor desperately needed finances or any details, phone OUre write to: UMIST Students Union, Sackville St., Manchester 1 (061 236 9114 ex48) Jim, Swindon Close Gorton Manchester (061 236 9114 See you on the march.